Word: macular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study finds that adults who eat two to four helpings each week of dark-green leafy vegetables -- spinach, say, or collard greens -- may be substantially lowering their risk of suffering from macular degeneration, a condition that is a leading cause of blindness in the elderly...
...drug has an almost miraculous ability to treat complications of leprosy. Then they learned they could use it against some of the potentially fatal side effects of bone-marrow surgery. The past year has brought reports that the drug may help fight tuberculosis, a common cause of blindness called macular degeneration and even AIDS...